[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files Add note about Interix hotfixes.

[tv <tv%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/bdd32923daea
branches:  trunk
changeset: 502006:bdd32923daea
user:      tv <tv%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Tue Nov 01 14:16:24 2005 +0000

description:
Add note about Interix hotfixes.

diffstat:

 doc/guide/files/platforms.xml |  13 +++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (32 lines):

diff -r 88ae609db493 -r bdd32923daea doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
--- a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml     Tue Nov 01 14:14:34 2005 +0000
+++ b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml     Tue Nov 01 14:16:24 2005 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.15 2005/10/23 11:25:58 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.16 2005/11/01 14:16:24 tv Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="platforms">
   <title>Using pkgsrc on systems other than &os;</title>
@@ -241,12 +241,21 @@
          not need to be installed, but Remote Connectivity itself should be
          installed in order to have a working inetd.</para>
 
-       <para>Finally, during installation you may be asked whether to enable setuid
+       <para>During installation you may be asked whether to enable setuid
          behavior for Interix programs, and whether to make pathnames default to
          case-sensitive.  Setuid should be enabled, and case-sensitivity MUST be
          enabled.  (Without case-sensitivity, a large number of packages including
          perl will not build.)</para>
 
+       <para>NOTE:  Newer Windows service packs change the way binary execution
+         works (via the Data Execution Prevention feature).  In order to use
+         pkgsrc and other gcc-compiled binaries reliably, a hotfix containing
+         POSIX.EXE, PSXDLL.DLL, PSXRUN.EXE, and PSXSS.EXE (899522 or newer)
+         must be installed.  Hotfixes are available from Microsoft through a
+         support contract; however, a NetBSD developer has made most Interix
+         hotfixes available for personal use from <ulink
+           url="http://www.duh.org/interix/hotfixes.php";>http://www.duh.org/interix/hotfixes.php</ulink>.</para>
+
       </sect3>
 
       <sect3 id="platform.interix-sfu-postinstall">